Oil-Gas News Kimball Well Tops Area Discovery
Panhandle oil news highlights Signet Oil and Gas Co first Kimball County well with a J sand discovery. Test results show 555 feet free oil and 135 feet oil-cut mud from 6,537 to 6,574 feet. Banner County reports six new abuling projects, Engelstrom field extension near Cizek Field, and a plane crash involving McDaniel officials with no serious injuries.
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Signet Oil and Gas Co
Roy E Shoaff Drilling Co
Heidemann
CSW
Lakes
Kimball
Banner Counties
Banner County
McDaniel Drilling Co
Engstrom
Cizek
McDaniel
Willson
Triton Oil
William J. Owen
William Garber
Sidney
Nebraska
Garber
Senior High Band Rehearsal Scheduled for Monday
Senior high band practice called for 6 o'clock Monday morning August 25. Director George Hinn says all last year members and new junior high entrants should be present in the band room as rehearsals continue to prepare for parades and football game performances.
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George Hinn
Promoter Denies Involvement In Oil Stock Swindle
Promoter Peter Crosby disclaims guilt in a $2 million stock fraud case tied to Texas-Adams Oil Co of Denver. He blames former associate William McCarthy for the misconduct while stating he held office for five weeks in 1955 with a $50,000 treasury and $1,100 monthly pay.
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Peter Crosby
Texas-Adams Oil Co
Denver
Crosby
William McCarthy
Glenn McCarthy
Texas
New York
Cheyenne County
P J Heaton Jr
State Banking Department
Heaton
U. S Attorney
McCarthy
Treasury
Sidney to hear paving district assessments at Monday meeting
City Council opens as board of equalization September 8 to hear protests on paving districts 89 on Trail Road and 81 82 on Quince Street. Districts 83 86 87 near completion and 88 bid set for August 25. District 90 petitions under way and district 89 forming.
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Sidney
Board of Equalization
Trail Road
Lodgepole Road
Pavine
Quince Street
Gordon Tobin
Tobin
Pine Street
9Th
10Th
16Th Avenue
Birch
Cedar
12Th Avenue
Pine
Quince
Damages Heavy In Two Car Wreck
Officers Ott and Rupp reported a two car crash at 16th and Illinois at 10 20 pm Thursday. Edward Bergnar Sidney driving west turning south saw $150 damage to his car when struck by Grace Marie Hammar of San Jose California. The Hammar car sustained $18 in damage with no injuries reported.
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George Ott
Harold Rupp
16Th
Illinois
Edward Bergnar
Sidney
Grace Marie Hammar
San Jose
Calif
Hammar
John Deere Hosts Showing Of New 1959 Equipment
The Sidney branch of John Deere Plow Co invites more than 100 dealers and salesmen from Wyoming South Dakota and Nebraska for a one day showing of 1959 tractor models and equipment Ira Steward Sidney manager says officials Willard Hosford Jr H R Sorensen Wayne McClellan and Harold Thorngren will present the new line at the event hosted by John Deere Plow Co and John Deere Van Brunt Works.
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Sidney
John Deere Plow Co
Ira Steward
Wyoming
South Dakota
Nebraska
Steward
Willard D Hosford Jr
Omaha
H R Sorensen
Wayne McClellan
John Deere - van Brunt Works
Horicon
Wis
Harold Thorngren
Moline
Ill
Fires Reported in Sidney Both Incidents Cause Little Damage
Sidney Fire Department responded to two Tuesday fires. At 3:45 am a blaze at Buttes Furniture Store west Illinois began from a short in an air conditioner motor causing $25 damage. At 11 am a grass fire on Union Pacific property at 19th and Grant caused no damage.
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Sidney
Buttes
Illinois
Union Pacific
19Th and
Grant
South Divide School Plans Opening Monday
Trinity Lutheran school will begin Monday August 25 with a 9 am opening service and classes until noon. Full day sessions start Tuesday led by Miss Bernice Narjes, with 19 pupils enrolled to date, unchanged from last year, per Rev D W Behrens.
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South Divide
Federal Number For Highway 19 One Step Closer
DC Greer Texas highway engineer and numbering committee chair met a three member delegation from the International Parks Highway Assn in Austin to discuss federal designation of a straight shot route from the Rio Grande to Canada as a single number. He noted US 85 would remain separate and that a five member committee must agree with each state requesting the designation. The next committee meeting is in San Francisco on December 1.
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DC Greer
Texas
The
American Assn of Highway Officials
International Parks Highway Assn
Rio Grande
Canada
Certan
Greer
Harley Rhoades
Burlington, Cole
Joe Satterwhite
Brownfield
Tex
J Fred Thompson
Sidney
Neb
Austin
Nebraska
Hot Springs
Us&s
San Francisco
Don Quinn Wrecks Auto In Accident Near Sidney
Sheriff W W Schulz reports a no injury crash near the Sidney Beef plant after a brake shoe struck the car driven by Don Quinn of Sidney. The vehicle, total loss, left the road and struck a bridge railing before ending in a ditch. Quinn was alone and the mishap occurred on the bridge north of the Burlington underpass.
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W. W Schulz
Don Quinn
Sidney
Quinn
Burlington
Mr Quinn
Schulz
Portuguese Wheat Team Visits Sidney on Ag Tour
A six member Portuguese wheat expert delegation led by Domingus Santo Jr arrived in Sidney for a Thursday visit. The group toured local wheat operations, met farm leaders, and discussed Portugal's wheat needs and farming share. They will continue to Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas before Washington, DC, and home.
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Portugese Wheat
Sidney
Domingus Santo Jr
Portugal
Portugese
Santo
United States
Portuga
Acre
Nebraska
Mr. Santo
New England States
New York
Chicago
Colorado
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Washington
Rauner to Lead Wheat Display at Vienna Fair
Bob Rauner a Cheyenne County wheat producer and Nebraska Wheat Growers Assn secretary has been chosen by USDA Foreign Agriculture Service to head the wheat display at the Vienna International Trade Fair September 7 to 14 Austria. He will be aided by a Colorado colleague with a similar post at Munich West Germany. Departure from Sidney September 2 includes orientation in Washington and arrival in Vienna September 4. The exhibit showcases gluten content blending data nut products and U.S. doughnut machines highlighting wheat and related goods to boost foreign sales and relations. Rauner plans to return early October after both fairs.
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Bob Rauner
Cheyenne County
Nebraska Wheat Growers
Assa
Foreign Agriculture Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Vienna
Austria
Lloyd Koniny
Julesburg
Colo
Munich
West Germany
Rauner
Sidney
Washington, D. C
USDA
Europe
U. S
United States
America
Second Mishap At Cement Plant Injures Paul Hakes
Paul Hakes of Sidney, operator at Ready-Mixed Concrete Company, was injured yesterday around 9 30 am while repairing a tractor motor at the cement plant. His right hand was struck by a fan blade, risking the loss of a finger. Hakes is hospitalized in Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital in satisfactory condition. his finger reportedly mangled and set for removal. This follows another accident this week when James Kaus lost an arm in a conveyor incident. his condition is listed as satisfactory.
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Paul Hakes
Sidney
Leonard McCormick
Hakes
McCormick
Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital
Telegraph
James Kaus
Oil Field Hauler Fined in Cheyenne County Court
Roy Gollobith of Sidney was found guilty on two counts of hauling violations in the oil fields. Judge C W Smith fined him $25 and imposed $525 in court costs. other charges were dismissed.
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Roy Gollobith
Sidney
Cheyenne
C W Smith
Nursing Home Plans Set For Final Checks
Memorial Hospital directors will review revised nursing home addition plans with architect Frank McNett of Grand Island on Tuesday August 26. State and federal approval is needed under Hill Burton Act funds. A bid date is planned for September with completion hoped by late spring or early summer of next year.
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Cheyenne County
Mental Hospital
Hastings
Beatrice State Home
University Hospital
State Hospital
Memorial Hospital
Frank McNett
Grand Island
McNett
Grain Market Wheat Price Report
Local elevator sources quoted wheat at 147 dollars per bushel today signaling a firm market level amid regional trading activity with potential impacts on farmers and grain buyers.
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